escape

/[esˈkape]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,399

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

escape is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción de escapar, huir. Pronounced [esˈkape]. It ranks #6,399 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with estaré and escasa.

Key facts for escape
PropertyValue
Headwordescape
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[esˈkape]
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,399
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of escape in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for escape is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [esˈkape]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,399 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for escape, with forms such as "ecsape", "esacpe", and "escaep". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "estaré", "escasa", "escaso", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is escape, spelled E-S-C-A-P-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción de escapar, huir.
  2. 2
    Fuga o salida de un gas o de un líquido de un contenedor.
  3. 3
    Salida de gases residuales de un motor de combustión.
  4. 4
    El tubo que transporta estos gases ₃.
  5. 5
    Tecla frecuentemente etiquetada Esc y que se encuentra en los teclados de muchos tipos de computadora, se emplea con frecuencia para interrumpir una instrucción o proceso o para saltar de una parte de la aplicación a otra.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ecsape,esacpe,escaep,escappe,esccape,escpae,esscape,secape

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for escape

Misspelling Variants of "escape"

ecsape6esacpe6escaep6escappe7esccape7escpae6esscape7secape6
Misspelling Variants of "escape"

Frequency rank: #6,399 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "escape"?
"escape" is spelled E-S-C-A-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is [esˈkape].
What does "escape" mean?
As a noun, "escape" means: Acción de escapar, huir.
What words are commonly confused with "escape"?
"escape" is commonly confused with "estaré", "escasa", "escaso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "escape"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "escape" is [esˈkape]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "escape" come from?
"escape" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.